Infrastructure is key. In Xinjiang's Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, which borders Pakistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan on the eastern foothills of the Pamir Plateau, a new plateau airport and two ...

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Imagine standing on a vast plateau where the sky feels close enough to touch, and snow-capped peaks pierce the horizon in every direction. This is the legendary "Roof of the World," a term associated ...

From at least the sixth to eighth century A.D., the diverse peoples of Central Asia’s Pamir Mountains were under the rule of various kingdoms, including the Shughnān Kingdom. Although there is a ...

A Newsweek map tracks the path of a United States military spy plane flying over the South China Sea near Hainan Island on Thursday, where China has homeported two aircraft carriers. The U.S. Pacific ...

Archaeologists in China discovered 573 ancient stone fortress settlements in the mountains near Yulin. The prehistoric fortresses are each located near key water features, and some are connected to ...

A United States commander said treaty allies South Korea, Japan and the Philippines could form a "strategic triangle" to contain China if military planners view the region from a nontraditional ...

China is sitting on an enormous surplus of tomato paste—an estimated 600,000 to 700,000 metric tons—after a sharp drop in exports to Italy and other European markets. The shift comes amid ongoing ...

On the side of a valley in the Carpathian foothills, a swallow makes silent fighter-plane loops above an ageing cottage. Spring has reached central Romania. The little dwelling is half-hidden by pear ...

Recent temperature drops around Ziyun Mountain in the Shunhuang Mountain National Nature Reserve of Xinning, Hunan province, have created the ideal conditions for rime formations to adorn the forest ...